a cop was directing traffic at a house fire, and he told one of the firetrucks to stop for whatever reason. the fireman said "nope" and kept on going, and ran over the cops toe. cop yanks out the fireman and arrests him for assaulting and LEO.

The fire chief and the police chief(who both hate each other) agreed the next day that the cop and the fireman were both idiots. a few months later and the cop is no longer a cop, and the fireman is no longer a fireman.

Is it so goddamn hard NOT to link to Glenn Beck's personal derpspew site?

Beck's The Blaze made over 90 million dollars in 2013 and all it is, is links to legitimate news sites with rewritten headlines and user comments & Beck charges $5 dollars a month for inside the blaze I think that gets you the radio show. How that website /business model makes money I'll never know....

"years back a lot of blacks did not qualify to get on the police dept. The government in all their glorious wisdom made them lower the standards so they could hire the one's who were not qualified. Wonder if this guy was one of them."

I was all like, "WTF?" and then came into this thread and found out it was a Glen Beck site. Then I was like "Ooohhh."

borg:Beck's The Blaze made over 90 million dollars in 2013 and all it is, is links to legitimate news sites with rewritten headlines and user comments & Beck charges $5 dollars a month for inside the blaze I think that gets you the radio show. How that website /business model makes money I'll never know....

Aww, who says our sense of community is dead? Nothing unites Americans like hate.

As for the actual kerscuffle, not gonna judge based on the story (most news should come with a "based on a true story" disclaimer), but around here, firemen, construction workers and police eat up way, way, WAY too much room. Single-lane fender-bender? Time to close up three lanes for two miles. Laying the foundation for a big box store? Let's close two lanes (how the FARK did they get permission to do that??). Car stuck in a ditch? SEAL. OFF. EVERYTHING.

Obviously this didn't take place where I live because when the cops and firemen meet they pretty much set up a damn roadblock.

When I read about police stupidity like this, I feel my blood pressure rising. Then I remember this CSB:

A couple months ago, I was waiting on the side of the road to cross five lanes of traffic on foot. (To say my city is pedestrian unfriendly is a huge understatement.) A cop is pulling out of the parking lot I'm next to, and he leans out to ask if I'm waiting on the bus. I explain my situation, and he just says "Hang on a sec." He pulls out to the middle of the street, flips on the lights, and gets out to stop traffic in both directions. Leaning on my cane, trying to hobble across quickly, I get about halfway across when the cop tells me to take my time.

maram500:When I read about police stupidity like this, I feel my blood pressure rising. Then I remember this CSB:

A couple months ago, I was waiting on the side of the road to cross five lanes of traffic on foot. (To say my city is pedestrian unfriendly is a huge understatement.) A cop is pulling out of the parking lot I'm next to, and he leans out to ask if I'm waiting on the bus. I explain my situation, and he just says "Hang on a sec." He pulls out to the middle of the street, flips on the lights, and gets out to stop traffic in both directions. Leaning on my cane, trying to hobble across quickly, I get about halfway across when the cop tells me to take my time.

/How awesome is that?

Wow. Nice dude, there. He probably got fired for not being an aaahole.

Smoking GNU:maram500: When I read about police stupidity like this, I feel my blood pressure rising. Then I remember this CSB:

A couple months ago, I was waiting on the side of the road to cross five lanes of traffic on foot. (To say my city is pedestrian unfriendly is a huge understatement.) A cop is pulling out of the parking lot I'm next to, and he leans out to ask if I'm waiting on the bus. I explain my situation, and he just says "Hang on a sec." He pulls out to the middle of the street, flips on the lights, and gets out to stop traffic in both directions. Leaning on my cane, trying to hobble across quickly, I get about halfway across when the cop tells me to take my time.

/How awesome is that?

Wow. Nice dude, there. He probably got fired for not being an aaahole.

Katolu:Smoking GNU: maram500: When I read about police stupidity like this, I feel my blood pressure rising. Then I remember this CSB:

A couple months ago, I was waiting on the side of the road to cross five lanes of traffic on foot. (To say my city is pedestrian unfriendly is a huge understatement.) A cop is pulling out of the parking lot I'm next to, and he leans out to ask if I'm waiting on the bus. I explain my situation, and he just says "Hang on a sec." He pulls out to the middle of the street, flips on the lights, and gets out to stop traffic in both directions. Leaning on my cane, trying to hobble across quickly, I get about halfway across when the cop tells me to take my time.

/How awesome is that?

Wow. Nice dude, there. He probably got fired for not being an aaahole.

It's sad that this one good cop is the exception and not the rule.

Wait--it gets even better. Two weeks or so after that incident, another cop did the exact same thing.

And then I tried crossing on my own a month later and got hit by some geriatric guy pulling out of a parking lot. (No injuries, mercifully, other than my pride and a soda that went flying.)

a cop was directing traffic at a house fire, and he told one of the firetrucks to stop for whatever reason. the fireman said "nope" and kept on going, and ran over the cops toe. cop yanks out the fireman and arrests him for assaulting and LEO.

The fire chief and the police chief(who both hate each other) agreed the next day that the cop and the fireman were both idiots. a few months later and the cop is no longer a cop, and the fireman is no longer a fireman.

dragonchild:As for the actual kerscuffle, not gonna judge based on the story (most news should come with a "based on a true story" disclaimer), but around here, firemen, construction workers and police eat up way, way, WAY too much room. Single-lane fender-bender? Time to close up three lanes for two miles. Laying the foundation for a big box store? Let's close two lanes (how the FARK did they get permission to do that??). Car stuck in a ditch? SEAL. OFF. EVERYTHING.

Permission? Hah. They just do whatever the fark they want.

I was going up I95 one day and two state troopers (VA) pulled out 3 cars ahead of me, got abreast of each other and slowed traffic down to 45 MPH. After about 30 minutes of this, I was wondering WTF, so I called the number for the troopers and asked dispatch why two of their troopers where slowing down traffic. She said she knew nothing about it. About 2 minutes later (when I guess someone must have called them) they resumed normal speed.

Katolu:Smoking GNU: maram500: When I read about police stupidity like this, I feel my blood pressure rising. Then I remember this CSB:

A couple months ago, I was waiting on the side of the road to cross five lanes of traffic on foot. (To say my city is pedestrian unfriendly is a huge understatement.) A cop is pulling out of the parking lot I'm next to, and he leans out to ask if I'm waiting on the bus. I explain my situation, and he just says "Hang on a sec." He pulls out to the middle of the street, flips on the lights, and gets out to stop traffic in both directions. Leaning on my cane, trying to hobble across quickly, I get about halfway across when the cop tells me to take my time.

/How awesome is that?

Wow. Nice dude, there. He probably got fired for not being an aaahole.

It's sad that this one good cop is the exception and not the rule.

I have four more, just my own experiences. I even had a city copy in SLC pull up and roll his window down and say, "You look lost."

kwame:Katolu: Smoking GNU: maram500: When I read about police stupidity like this, I feel my blood pressure rising. Then I remember this CSB:

A couple months ago, I was waiting on the side of the road to cross five lanes of traffic on foot. (To say my city is pedestrian unfriendly is a huge understatement.) A cop is pulling out of the parking lot I'm next to, and he leans out to ask if I'm waiting on the bus. I explain my situation, and he just says "Hang on a sec." He pulls out to the middle of the street, flips on the lights, and gets out to stop traffic in both directions. Leaning on my cane, trying to hobble across quickly, I get about halfway across when the cop tells me to take my time.

/How awesome is that?

Wow. Nice dude, there. He probably got fired for not being an aaahole.

It's sad that this one good cop is the exception and not the rule.

I have four more, just my own experiences. I even had a city copy in SLC pull up and roll his window down and say, "You look lost."

They're not exceptions. They just don't make the news.

I really wish Baton Rouge had nice cops. Maybe I wouldn't have been blindly wandering around for four hours that night. Make one wrong turn without a map and you're screwed, it seems.

Lets pretend for a moment, without a whiff of any actual evidence this is simliar to what happened. Lets pretend the Firemen were parking iresponsibly for an accident where nobody was seriously injured (contrary to the written description in the article in terms of where they parked, and the seriousness of the injuries).

The cop is still a complete and total farking moron who should be fired.

Arresting a fireman will do absolutely nothing to get the trucks moved faster, and in reality will slow down any work the firemen were going to do before they thought it was ok to move the trucks.

There is no intellegent way to slice it where the cops actions helped at all.

CSB: Twice in my life now, when speeding 15+ over the speed limit, I've passed speedtrap cops, saw them, realized I was busted and immediately pulled over before they could even get their lights on. Eventually they pull up behind me, and I've gotten off with warnings and perplexed looks. I also keep both hands on the steering wheel as they approach.

I'm not a hot chick, just some dude who realizes cops have a job to do that basically puts them into surprise combat situations all day every day. Treat them accordingly.

borg:and all it is, is links to legitimate news sites with rewritten headlines and user comments & Beck charges $5 dollars a month for inside the blaze.... How that website /business model makes money I'll never know....

FnkyTwn:CSB: Twice in my life now, when speeding 15+ over the speed limit, I've passed speedtrap cops, saw them, realized I was busted and immediately pulled over before they could even get their lights on. Eventually they pull up behind me, and I've gotten off with warnings and perplexed looks. I also keep both hands on the steering wheel as they approach.

I'm not a hot chick, just some dude who realizes cops have a job to do that basically puts them into surprise combat situations all day every day. Treat them accordingly.

No.

Just no.

Cops don't even have a top 10 most dangerous job anymore, and most of the danger is fromt heir own poor driving.

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying it is easy or that you shouldn't do everything you can to put them at ease when you get pulled over (window down, car off, keys on dash, hands on wheel) because if you make their job easier they are less liekly to ticket you, but not because their job is that dangerous.

MythDragon:I was going up I95 one day and two state troopers (VA) pulled out 3 cars ahead of me, got abreast of each other and slowed traffic down to 45 MPH.

Do the Maryland state troopers still go walk out into the middle of I495 and point at you to get you to pull over for speeding? That was some brass-balls and rock-brained kinda stuff they did back in the day. I always expected one to get run over sooner or later from someone not paying attention.

dragonchild:Aww, who says our sense of community is dead? Nothing unites Americans like hate.

As for the actual kerscuffle, not gonna judge based on the story (most news should come with a "based on a true story" disclaimer), but around here, firemen, construction workers and police eat up way, way, WAY too much room. Single-lane fender-bender? Time to close up three lanes for two miles. Laying the foundation for a big box store? Let's close two lanes (how the FARK did they get permission to do that??). Car stuck in a ditch? SEAL. OFF. EVERYTHING.

Obviously this didn't take place where I live because when the cops and firemen meet they pretty much set up a damn roadblock.

I'm not going to speak to construction workers and police (although the police would have similar reasons)...but as far as "firemen" go, we block traffic as a SAFETY measure.

There are actually protocols (called SOPs or SOGs) as to how you pull up to an accident scene that dictate how and where you park...and why.

I'm a firefighter and we cover one of the largest stretches of highway in the entire province of Nova Scotia.

There's been more than once that we've rolled up to an accident scene and had someone - be it a fellow firefighter, police officer, pedestrian, walking wounded, etc. - hit by another car that's going SCREAMING by in the other lane...or because they're gawking at the accident and not paying attention.

So, you can be guaranteed that I'm not going to jeopardize the safety of anyone on the scene by leaving the lane open.

Alien Robot:MythDragon: I was going up I95 one day and two state troopers (VA) pulled out 3 cars ahead of me, got abreast of each other and slowed traffic down to 45 MPH.

Do the Maryland state troopers still go walk out into the middle of I495 and point at you to get you to pull over for speeding? That was some brass-balls and rock-brained kinda stuff they did back in the day. I always expected one to get run over sooner or later from someone not paying attention.

They stopped that a couple years ago, when a Howard County cop got killed doing the same thing on 32 near i95. Unfortunately was only a matter of time before it happened.

As for all the cop hate here: way to go, Fark. That's the sort of mature, intelligent response I have come to expect from this establishment.

Drunken_Irish_Joker:Do the Maryland state troopers still go walk out into the middle of I495 and point at you to get you to pull over for speeding? That was some brass-balls and rock-brained kinda stuff they did back in the day. I always expected one to get run over sooner or later from someone not paying attention.

They stopped that a couple years ago, when a Howard County cop got killed doing the same thing on 32 near i95. Unfortunately was only a matter of time before it happened.

As for all the cop hate here: way to go, Fark. That's the sort of mature, intelligent response I have come to expect from this establishment.

When cops start obeying the law and policing their own, I'll respect them. Until they're thugs that should be openly despised.

murderguy:Drunken_Irish_Joker: Do the Maryland state troopers still go walk out into the middle of I495 and point at you to get you to pull over for speeding? That was some brass-balls and rock-brained kinda stuff they did back in the day. I always expected one to get run over sooner or later from someone not paying attention.

They stopped that a couple years ago, when a Howard County cop got killed doing the same thing on 32 near i95. Unfortunately was only a matter of time before it happened.

As for all the cop hate here: way to go, Fark. That's the sort of mature, intelligent response I have come to expect from this establishment.

When cops start obeying the law and policing their own, I'll respect them. Until then, they're thugs that should be openly despised.